Distribution

Mint 22.1 Beta
(happens on older releases as well)

Package version

Cinnamon 6.4.4
(happens on older versions as well)

Frequency

Always

Bug description

When notifications are configured to appear at the bottom of the screen, any notifications received from Chromium-based browsers (like Vivaldi) that should contain an image, will not display it.

However, if two notifications that contain an image are sent in quick succession, the first notification will lack the image, while the second one will display it.

Steps to reproduce

1. Set notifications to be displayed at the bottom of the screen
2. Use any Chromium-based browser
3. Get a notification that should contain an image, through the browser
4. Observe the lack of image in the notification banner

Expected behavior

Notifications should consistently display an image if one is included, regardless of whether they appear at the top or bottom of the screen. Currently, this issue only affects notifications displayed at the bottom.

Additional information

The missing image bug occurs on older Mint releases as well, so it’s not exclusive to Mint 22.1 Beta. The oldest version I tested was Mint 21.1, but it may affect even earlier releases. Interestingly, I don’t recall encountering this issue on Mint 21.1 in the past. This could be because I primarily used Firefox and didn’t notice it, or perhaps newer Chromium builds are partially contributing to this bug rather than it being solely a Cinnamon issue.

In addition to the bug, I think notifications for Chromium-based browsers look awful even when they work properly. The image, when not affected by the bug, is displayed at a gigantic size making the notification unnecessarily big:

Unfortunately, Chromium-based browser notifications have looked this way in Cinnamon for years, and now they don’t even display images at all due to the bug. In contrast, Firefox has consistently offered a sleek and uncluttered notification banner:

Ideally, notifications from Chromium-based browsers should align visually with other browser or app notifications on the system. Currently, they appear out of place due to the disproportionate image size. This inconsistency is particularly striking because, on other platforms, notifications from Firefox and Chromium-based browsers tend to maintain a more uniform design:

GNOME

KDE Plasma

While of course fixing the bug would be great, it would also be much appreciated if Firefox and Chromium-based browser notifications were more visually consistent with each other like they are on other platforms.

Here's a mockup of what I think would be the ideal look for Firefox and Chromium-based browser notifications on Cinnamon:

On a related note, it would be fantastic to have the ability to close notifications with a middle mouse click anywhere on the banner, similar to how it works on Windows. If this could be implemented, it would also be greatly appreciated. Thank you!